KQRY-LD

KQRY-LD, virtual channel 36 (UHF digital channel 5), is a low-powered Univision-affiliated television station licensed to Fort Smith, Arkansas, United States, serving the Arkansas River Valley and Northwest Arkansas (including Fayetteville). Owned by Pinnacle Media LLC, it is a sister station to low-powered Class A Estrella TV affiliate KFDF-CD (channel 44). The two stations share studios on North College Avenue in Fayetteville; KQRY-LD's transmitter is located southwest of Winslow, Arkansas.

KQRY-LD
Fort Smith/Fayetteville, Arkansas
United States
BrandingUnivision Arkansas
ChannelsDigital: 5 (VHF)
Virtual: 36 (PSIP)
Affiliations36.1: Univision
OwnerPinnacle Media, LLC
First air dateSeptember 14, 1995 (1995-09-14)
Sister station(s)KFDF-CD
Former call signsK43EZ (1995-2004)
KXUN-LP (2004-2013)
KXUN-LD (2013-2019)
Former channel number(s)Analog:
43 (UHF, 1996-2013)
Digital:
43 (UHF, 2013-2019)
Transmitter power5.8 kW
Height247.93 m (813 ft)
ClassLD
Facility ID14386
Transmitter coordinates35°26′50.0″N 91°21′54.0″W
Licensing authorityFCC
Public license informationProfile
CDBS

History

KXUN's logo prior to January 1, 2013

At one point, KQRY-LP (as KXUN-LP) aired local newscasts; they were produced out of Little Rock, Arkansas, with reports produced in Fort Smith. The newscasts were canceled in June 2008, after then-owner Equity Media Holdings instituted a companywide suspension of news programs.[1]

After failing to find a buyer at a bankruptcy auction,[2] KXUN was sold to Pinnacle Media in August 2009 (after having initially been included in Silver Point Finance's acquisition on June 2 of several Equity stations[3]), with Pinnacle assuming control under a local marketing agreement on August 5.[4]

KXUN was previously seen on KPBI's digital subchannel 34.2; after KPBI was sold to Local TV, LLC and renamed KXNW, the KXUN simulcast was replaced with a simulcast of new sister station KFSM-TV. On February 5, 2019, KXUN-LD swapped call signs with KQRY-LD in Sallisaw, Oklahoma.

Digital channel

The station's digital signal is multiplexed:

Channel Video Aspect PSIP Short Name Programming
36.11080i16:9KXUN-LDMain KQRY-LD programming / Univision

References

  1. Manthey, Toby (2008-06-14). "Equity ends newscasts; N.Y. station buy teeters". Arkansas Democrat-Gazette. Archived from the original on February 6, 2009. Retrieved 2008-06-19.
  2. "Equity stations still on the block". Television Business Report. April 20, 2009. Retrieved April 28, 2009.
  3. "APPLICATION FOR CONSENT TO ASSIGNMENT OF BROADCAST STATION CONSTRUCTION PERMIT OR LICENSE". CDBS Public Access. Federal Communications Commission. June 15, 2009. Retrieved August 25, 2009.
  4. "APPLICATION FOR CONSENT TO ASSIGNMENT OF BROADCAST STATION CONSTRUCTION PERMIT OR LICENSE". CDBS Public Access. Federal Communications Commission. August 14, 2009. Retrieved August 25, 2009.


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